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In September 1900, Galveston was a thriving Texas port with grand buildings, busy wharves and an ambitious future. Then a hurricane swept in from the Gulf of Mexico, overwhelming the island and killing an estimated 8,000 people. This episode follows the uncertain warnings, the desperate hours of su…

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One of Britain's most formidable warships lay at anchor among friendly vessels, preparing for another voyage. Within minutes, she would be on the seabed, with hundreds of sailors, women and children lost. In this episode of Compact Disasters, we uncover the story of HMS Royal George, whose sinking …
On 30 January 1607, floodwater overwhelmed communities along the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary, turning farmland into open water and leaving families fighting for their lives. Contemporary accounts describe collapsing houses, desperate escapes and boats brought overland to reach stranded survi…
On 20 December 1577, a fire began in a soot-filled chimney inside Venice's Doge's Palace. Flames entered the timber roof above the Hall of the Scrutiny, melted its lead covering and spread into the enormous Hall of the Great Council. Both ceilings collapsed, destroying paintings by some of Venice's…
In 536, the Byzantine historian Procopius reported that the Sun shone without its usual brightness. Other writers described summer frosts, failed harvests and seasons that seemed to have become hopelessly confused. For centuries, these extraordinary accounts were treated cautiously, but evidence re…
On 15 December 1967, the Silver Bridge between Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Kanauga, Ohio, collapsed during the evening rush hour. In less than 20 seconds, its suspended spans fell into the Ohio River, taking dozens of vehicles with them and killing 46 people. The investigation traced the cat…
On 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 was destroyed by a bomb over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 329 passengers and crew. The device had travelled from Vancouver inside an unaccompanied suitcase, while a second bomb from the same conspiracy exploded at Tokyo's Narita Airport. This episode examine…
On 8 June 1783, a volcanic fissure opened in southern Iceland and began an eruption that would continue for eight months. Laki produced one of the largest lava flows of the historical period, poisoned Iceland's pastures, destroyed much of its livestock and contributed to a famine that killed thousa…
On 16 May 1968, a small gas explosion in an eighteenth-floor flat caused an entire corner of Ronan Point, a recently completed tower block in East London, to collapse. Four people were killed and seventeen injured, but the disaster could easily have claimed many more lives. Discover how one displac…

The King's Cross Fire

On 18 November 1987, a small fire beneath a wooden escalator at King's Cross Underground station developed into a terrifying inferno. Within minutes, flames swept into the ticket hall, killing 31 people and injuring around 100 others. This episode examines how the fire began, the previously unknown…
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